Rendimentos escolar no Cariri cearense: aspectos qualitativos e quantitativos

Abstract

Scholars and educational institutions have been discussing school performance routinely. In this perspective, to understanding the different factors that influence the student learning process is an action of great complexity that requires considerable attention. To make it affordable, it was used statistics in a research dynamic, also mediated by the concept of mathematical modeling. The data representation of the school performance allowed to observe the behavior of the variables under study, what was used to achieve the best and worst results and to compare them, analyzing them under different aspects (school year, urban or rural location and by municipality). The data used was acquired taking as a tool the school performance of ten municipalities of the region called Cariri, in Ceará/Brazil, during 2014, given by the National Institute of Studies and Educational Research Anísio Teixeira (INEP) and also available on the website of the Brazilian Institute of Geography and Statistics (IBGE). As a methodology, a spreadsheet was used for the statistical treatment, the mathematical model conception and the concepts of average, standard deviation, correlation and sketch of graphs. Among the main results obtained, it can be highlighted the average school performance: 2nd grade (99.2%) and 6th grade (89.4%) with better and worse performance, respectively. School failure was higher in Aurora (16.1%) and lower in Porteiras (1.4%). Regarding the urban and rural profile, the urban zone schools presented similar results to those obtained in the analysis taking into consideration the school year. Some factors were identified as possible causes for obtaining the given results, but it is better to deepen the studies in the future to follow the quality offered in the educational service in these cities and towns.